2 Samuel 12:17 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁷ The elders of his household stood beside him in order to get him up from the floor but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ His older house servants arose [in the night] and went to him to raise him up from the floor, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ The senior servants of his house approached him to lift him up off the ground, but he refused, and he wouldn’t eat with them either.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Then the elders of his house came, urging him to rise up from the ground. And he was not willing, nor would he eat a meal with them.

2 Samuel 12:17 Cross References

Genesis 24:2

Then Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household who managed everything that belonged to him, “Now put your hand under my thigh,

Genesis 37:35

All his sons got up along with all his daughters to console him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” So his father kept weeping for him.

2 Samuel 12:18

Then it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, “Behold, while the child was still alive, we spoke to him and he didn’t listen to our voice. So how can we tell him that the child is dead? He might do something terrible!”

2 Samuel 3:35

Then all the people came to urge David to eat some food while it was still day, but David vowed saying, “May God do so to me and even more if I taste food or anything else before the sun sets.”

Psalm 102:4

For my days vanished like smoke, and my bones were burned like coals.

Daniel 6:18

A stone was brought to block the mouth of the den. The king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet of his nobles, so that nothing could be changed regarding Daniel.

1 Samuel 28:23

But he refused and said, “I won’t eat.” But when his courtiers and the woman urged him, he listened to them. So he got up from the ground and sat on the bed.